V2_ presents BlowUp Reader #2: Every Artist, a Journalist (free download)
This short e-Book, the second in the series of Blowup Readers released by V2_, explores the phenomenon of artists working in documentary and journalistic forms, and what this crossover between art and journalism creates.
Blowup is a series of events and exhibitions that explore contemporary questions from multiple viewpoints. Blowup zooms in on ideas, bringing into focus clear pictures of how art, design, philosophy, and technology are transforming our lives — or reinforcing the status quo.
CONTENTS
1. Introduction, by Michelle Kasprzak
2. Excerpt from Aesthetic Journalism, by Alfredo Cramerotti
3. Temporary Storage, by Ken Hollings
4. The Making of P.A.P.A., by Michelle Kasprzak
5. Reality in the Age of Aesthetics, by Mark Nash
6. From the V2_ Archives: Art, Power, and Communication, by Alexei Shulgin
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Blowup: Every Artist, A Journalist
Blowup, 25 August 2011
Institute for the Unstable MediaV2_
Rotterdam, NL
This edition of Blowup will examine the tension between documentary methods and artistic expression, and address where notions of truth and beauty fit in this mix.
Lino Hellings (NL), Alfredo Cramerotti (UK), Gair Dunlop (UK)
Documentary images are a common method to measure and reflect on the monumental scale of change occurring in contemporary society. These images are also highly aestheticised, making beauty even of images of the most desolate slum or industrialised landscape. As a crossover point between art and journalism, the documentary image also allows us to question the veracity of world events from multiple viewpoints, often offering multiple uncomfortable realities instead of a single, easily-digestible worldview. In an era of a massive data onslaught that individuals struggle to cope with, the documentary image continues to offer us a human face on information, sometimes elegantly summarising a complex situation. But what balance needs to be struck between honest portrayals of reality and artistic license?
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Institute for the Unstable Media V2_ is an interdisciplinary center for art and media technology in Rotterdam (the Netherlands). V2_’s activities include organizing presentations, exhibitions and workshops, research and development of artworks in its own media lab, distributing artworks through its Agency, publishing in the field of art and media technology, and developing an online archive.
Curatorview [Alfredo Cramerotti] 
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